all our staff has been informed as to the disgusting and repulsive phenomena of blood libel or accusation, including its use against Jew

That still leaves the question as whether their apology -- which only appeared in English -- is any more sincere than their original claim to be trying to foster open discussion with their blood libel article which was published only in Arabic.

“UNESCO condemns all forms of hate literature, including anti-Semitic articles such as the one Miftah published and later apologized for,” UNESCO spokesman Roni Ameland told the Free Beacon over email.

“UNESCO does not fund Miftah nor does it have any formal relations with it,” Ameland said. “UNESCO did support several gender-focused workshops and activities organized by Miftah in the past but its collaboration with the organization ended in 2011.”